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9b <br /> Lion 11.5f 1.EJCATIOM =ILE <br /> One of the fundamental methods used to achieve the stated goals and <br /> policies of a land use plan is the design and application of 'a land use <br /> II <br /> classification system. Each category of the classification system Is <br /> designed to accommodate certain uses throughout the plan area to achieve <br /> a desired pattern of development. Land in the Joint •Planning Area (JPA) <br /> IP <br /> was classified into categories according to the public policies <br /> expressed in the "Operating' Principles". the set of locational standards <br /> defining the appropriateness of the physical environmental context and <br /> the projected population change, and resulting land requirements in the 0 <br /> County. <br /> The land use plan categories contained in the current ( 1981 ) Orange <br /> IP <br /> County Land Use Plan are based on five basic categories which have been <br /> refined into a more detailed classification system to meet the specific <br /> needs of the County. These categories are: <br /> BASIC CATEGORY PR®NGE COUNTY j.AND_USE PLAN TE1OR I ES <br /> IP <br /> DEVELOPED Urban <br /> Existing Urban Activity Node <br /> Proposed Urban Activity Node <br /> IP <br /> TRANSITION Ten-Year Transition <br /> Twenty-Year Transition <br /> Commercial Transition Activity TNode <br /> ition <br /> Commercial-industrial <br /> Activity Node <br /> COMMUNITY Rural Community Activity Node IP <br /> RURAL Rural Buffer <br /> Rural Residential <br /> Agricultural - Residential <br /> Rural Neighborhood Activity Node <br /> Rural Industrial Activity Node <br /> CONSERVATION Public Interest Area <br /> - Water Supply Watershed <br /> Water Quality Critical Area <br /> Several of the broad land use classifications from the existing 1 <br /> Land Use Plan have been .carried forward In the Joint Planning Land Use <br /> Plan. These Include transition areas. activity nodes, rural buffer. <br /> rural residential , water supply watershed, and water quality critical <br /> area. <br /> Transition areas are located adjacent to existing urban areas . I <br /> suitable are in o the densities, from withspubalic <br /> suitable for urban-type I <br /> 56 <br />